Looking for a 35mm

[vanylapep]

Hey people,

I'm looking for a 35mm (will be used on FF) to do street photography. Do you have any recommendation?

Thanks!

[Mos6502]

Is lens speed important or not? If you're going to be shooting at "average" apertures (f/11-f/5.6) there's very few 35mm that won't be adequate for your needs. If you need to be shooting wide open then you might have to be a little more picky.

I think the standard reply though would be the Takumar 3.5/35 if m42 is ok. It is easily found, cheap, and a good performer.

Personally the Enna 3.5/35 is my favorite, although usually they're extremely overpriced online. I paid $25 for mine. I would have paid double that though. It is not the sharpest, but it is uniformly sharp across the frame and rendering of color and contrast + the extreme close focus (under a foot) ability make it one of my favorites to use.

[vanylapep]

I'd love to have great speed if possible as i like to have small DOF.

[AlexWicks]

Perhaps a Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 35mm f2.4 if you get a good price on one?

[Layer-cake]

what body are you going to be using it on?

[vanylapep]

On a NEX-6 for now, and I plan to purchase a A7ii later this year.

[mikkokan]

I have a MIR 24m. It's 35mm F 2.0. It's not very sharp wide open and quite "boring" but usable.

[calvin83]

Minolta MC/MD 1.8/35.

[Layer-cake]

The Nikon 35mm 1.8 gets great reviews and pricing wise it's not a bad choice and the Minolta Calvin mentioned.

[Lloydy]

The Flektogon is by far the best in the 35ish range that I have. I'm not greatly impressed with the MIR 37 2.8, I prefer the Jupiter 12 35 2.8 to the MIR.

[vanylapep]

Is it true that the Flek produces bokeh like this?
http://1.static.img-dpreview.com/files/p/TS940x940~forums/51004514/13159ad28f80441db6c5b89809aba226

[vanylapep]

Are there any difference between these two?

[Aanything]

Your second picture is the first generation of Minolta MC series, while the first refers to a later series. However. optical formula should be the same, as the two letters after "Rokkor" in the name indicate number of groups/elements (in this case, 6/8).

Later series usually have better coatings, but the first MC generation is my favourite for look/build quality.

[mustangfa]

Rollei Rolleinar 35 2.8 or Voigtlander Color Dynarex Ar 35 2.8
Sharp at wide open, no chromatic aberration, Vivid true colors

[raay04]

get the Minolta 35/1.8 , IMHO cracker of a lens ,


Christmas 2014 by Abhishek Ray, on Flickr

[sceptic]

The Carl Zeiss Flektogon 35/2.8 (yes 2. isn't bad either. Here's a shot at f/4 on a Sony A7R:

Died on the operating table... by scepticswe, on Flickr

[Dazey]

The nikon 1.8 has been mentioned. I will also say I love my 1.4. I have one of the early pre-AI thorium glass ones with a factory AI conversion (or thats what it looks like). Might get a deal now that there is finally a 1.4 af option and people trade up. I had a nikkor f2.8 as well which was very good if slow and generally uninspiring. The 1.4 has a certain glow wide open but a sharpness underneath. I grew to like its rendering very much but it took time to learn.

[Snodge]

I can recommend the MIR-24 lens - I love it, it's currently my second favourite m42 lens, slightly behind my Pentax 50mm. I've also got a Porst 35mm f/2.8 that I quite like too...

[glaebhoerl]

I got an MD 35/1.8 recently and have only taken it out once so far (it's winter), but wasn't terribly impressed with the pictures that came back... (I'll give it some more shots)

[woodrim]

I have to say it... RE Topcor 2.8/35

[Mir]

[calvin83]

[Aanything]

[Pontus]

Konica Hexanon 35/2

[newst]